Judge — July 1938 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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¥ The High Hat: Award for July TO: Norman Rockwell; artist, illustrator, raconteur; resident in New Rochelle, New York. CITATION: For having become, while still a young man, a tradition in art; for having kept alive the affectionate interest of America by his re-creation of figures of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; for having faithfully portrayed persons and scenes familiar to the common man; for having painted one of the country’s finest murals in the Nassau Tavern at Princeton; for having developed his camera eye for fine de- tail, which has proven that careless modernization is not a part | of good craftsmanship; for having been the inspiration for a school of drawing; for his faithful and grateful attachment to The Saturday Evening Post and its traditions; for his encourage- ment given to aspiring young artists; for his story-telling | ability; for his youthful enthusiasm for, and curiosity about, \ all things; for his tireless energy; for his splendid sense of humor; and for his fine private life: THE JUDGE takes great pleasure in presenting’ a gallant \ pe with his High Hat Award. \ = } - i Roster of Wearers of The Judge High Hat Award | j Mr. Howard Hughes; Mr. J. Edgar Hoover; Mr. Thomas E. Dewey; Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh; 4 Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1958 Awards January—Mr. Stephen Early, presented at the White House, April—Mr. Faik Konitza, presented at Mrs. K's Toll House Washington, D.C. Tavern, Washington, D.C. February—Mr. George M. Cohan, presented on the stage May—Mr. George H. Earle, presented at the Executive Man- of the Alvin Theatre, New York City. sion, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. March—Mr. Alf M. Landon, presented at THe JupGe-Lan- June—Mr. Walter Winchell, presented at his home in don luncheon, Kansas City, Missouri. New York. Nominations in Hand from Readers Secretary of State Cordell Hull, nominated by Earl Godwin, Mr. Julius Kessler, nominated by Henry Legler, New York Press Room, The White House, Washington, D. C. City. Ambassador to Great Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy, nomi- Mr. Walt Disney, nominated by Clyde Forsythe, San Marino, nated by Miss Pearl Pence, Columbus, Ohio. California. —— 22 The Judge comicbooks.com